Where to find report on herbal supplements?!
Question: I was wondering if any one knows of a site or book, that tests and reports on the purity of herbal supplements. How do we know which brands are best, and have the amounts of product they claim to have?
Answers: I was wondering if any one knows of a site or book, that tests and reports on the purity of herbal supplements. How do we know which brands are best, and have the amounts of product they claim to have?
Consumerlabs (http://www.consumerlabs.com) does those tests you refer to on individual brands.
Natural Standard (http://www.naturalstandard.com) consolidates clinical data on the ingredients in brands.
NutritionalTree.com (http://www.nutritionaltree.com) collects consumer reviews on thousands of different brands.
You have to really do a lot of research
some basics are use liquid as first choice tablets as last choice
find a company that doesn't use fillers and binders like magnesium stearate, palmitic acid, sodium benzonate,
http://www.qnlabs is one of the most natural I have ran across so far. I am going to look for a list within the next couple months because I want to go to more natural.
find at googel buddy.
The PDR for Herbal Medicines is a huge book and well researched. Most of the reports are official monographs from the German government. Their FDA is called Kommission E and German people are allowed to use legally and with the governments blessing hundreds of herbs that they have researched. Go to amazon.com and look for this book
you can find good information at http://4health411.com click on the 10 secrets prompt .